tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post114908907532811781..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Police mergers: Time to stop this anti-democratic nonsensePaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1149188997235553442006-06-01T20:09:00.000+01:002006-06-01T20:09:00.000+01:00Cambs and Suffolk police are vehemently opposing t...Cambs and Suffolk police are vehemently opposing their link with Norfolk, heartily endorsed by the former sacked Home Secretary Charles Clarke who refused to listen to anything other than what he wanted to.Ellee Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647480320978146418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1149164734812826902006-06-01T13:25:00.000+01:002006-06-01T13:25:00.000+01:00The real point is that the police lost most of the...The real point is that the police lost most of their democratic accountability when the government of the day (John Major's) abolished the old COunty and Met Police COmmittees and replaced the majority of elected councillors with Home Office apontees, thereby quangoising the process utterly.<BR/><BR/>Any change to regional superforces should be resisted where there is clear local opposition (as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1149162914322638532006-06-01T12:55:00.000+01:002006-06-01T12:55:00.000+01:00Do you really think that people really care whethe...Do you really think that people really care whether they have their burglary not investigated* by Kent Police, South East Police or the National Police? <BR/><BR/>*Unless it involves 50 million quid, of courseianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1149149636152473932006-06-01T09:13:00.000+01:002006-06-01T09:13:00.000+01:00GranI bow to no-one in my contempt for freemasonry...Gran<BR/><BR/>I bow to no-one in my contempt for freemasonry (see previous posts re the Press Gallery) but the problem of freemasonry in the police was a historical issue that has now been dealt with.<BR/><BR/>In any case, where is the guarantee that regional forces would not become just as infected by freemasonry as the county constabularies did in the 60s and 70s?<BR/><BR/>I agree that local Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1149124444257040882006-06-01T02:14:00.000+01:002006-06-01T02:14:00.000+01:00Paul - but they are not accountable, so why not ha...Paul - but they are not accountable, so why not have a national police force accountable to the centre? Localism breeds corruption as we have seen. We need every force to be taken to account by an overarching body rather than have the Masons run their particular fiefdoms, surely?stalin's granhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152454150416060673noreply@blogger.com